Improvement in memorandum-books



H M. HINSDILL.

Memorandum-Books.

No. 134,546.. I -PatentedJan-7,1873.

fi e 1 v. AM. PHOT0UTHOERAPHIC co m. (ossafimss morass.)

STATES HENRY M. HINSDILL, on GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEMORANDUM-BOOKS,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1134 5 16, datedJanuary 7, 1873 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. HINSDILL, of Grand Rapids, in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Memorandum-Books, of which the following is a specification:

My improvement relates to office scratchbooks or memorandum-tablets; andmy improvement upon such a thing is designed to take the place of thememorandum-block now in use, and which has three of its sides glued orfastened together so that the leaves cannot be opened without tearingtwo of their edges apart, which destroys their permanent connection withthe block, and therefore necessitates the removal of each leaf as it isused. Thisimprovement consists of ainemorandumblank, not of a block butof book-form, in which the leaves are mounted upon a back with theirupper edges only held or secured by a strip of metal or other material,leaving the sides and lower edges of each leaf free to allow each leafto be used and held in place, or removed at any point for use by others,leaving the book intact, the said back having an extension at the topand provided with a hole by which to hang it up, the article forming anew, cheap, and convenient scratch-tablet of book-form for preservationof the memorandums, or their separation for use, as'may be required,while at the same time it has a handle extension, which also serves tohook it up out of the way.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents aview in perspective ofa memorandum or scratch book embracing my improvement; Fig. 2 representsa view of the upper portion of the same, showing the pencil in itsholdingsocket; and Fig. 3, a section through the length of thescratch-book.

The blank leaves P are cut in any suitable manner and secured by theirupper edges a only to a back, A, by means of a strip of metal, wood, orstiff paper, B, by rivets or glue, in a manner to leave them free to beused without removal, or to be removed in whole or in part withoutdisturbing the others, thus keeping the book intact until it is used up,which in such an article is of very great advantage and convenience forthe user over the block-tablet.

now in use, in which each leaf must be separated and destroyed beforeanother can be used from the same block. The back is extended abovethe'holding-rib-of the leaves to form a handle and provided with an eye,H, for the convenience of hanging it up out of the way. A pocket, S, fora pencil is also secured beneath the ends of the leaves just at theridge formed by the leaves at the extended end of the back; and thesethings, thus arrangedand put together, form a new, cheap, and convenientscratch-book for preservation of memorandums made, or removal of suchmemorandums as may be made for use by other parties, being a new articleof trade as a scratchbook.

The leaves of such things now in the trade are made for detachment insuccession, and cannot be used in any other way while my improvedarticle is mounted on a board, so that the leaves may be eitherpermanent or removable in part or in the whole, and in this respectpossesses a practicability and usefulness much desired for office use.

Having described my invention, I claim The office memorandum-book havingits leaves secured for use by the plate B, as described, and providedwith a handle or holding-piece to make a new article for the trade, asset forth.

HENRY M. HINSDILL. Witnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, NIRAM A. FLETGHER.

